Investigating Strikes Highlights Labor and Telegraph Debates
Testimony before the U S Senate Sub Committee on Labor and Education discusses foreign land ownership in the South and West, wage slavery fears, and proposed abolition of private land property. Other sessions cover Central Labor Union aims, Western Union finances, telegraph passes for officials, and rail and labor reforms.
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New York City
United States Senate
Labor and Education
William G. Moody
Brooklyn
Kingdom
Great Britain
Europe
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
P. J. McGuire
Central Labor Union
Vapa
William C. Anderson
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Brotherthood
England
A. T. Peck
People's Bank
Park and
George
New England
Blair
Call
Green
New York
3 St Alt
France
Associated Press
Fatal Staging Accident Reported In Hudson Area
A staging collapsed on the 20th at Hudson New York killing one worker and likely fatally injuring five others. In Colfax Louisiana Gilbert Dubois shot and killed a man during a debt dispute with his brother in law. A boiler explosion at a saw mill in Durango Virginia killed two and seriously injured another.
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A. Martin
New Orleans
Stuart Puerps
Northampton
Mass
Chamberlain Lake
New York
McNamara
John Smith
Ocean Grove
N. J
Eleanor and
May
Lewis D. Vail
Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Atlantic City Railway
Pleasantville
Mack Marspn
Allen Hensley
Antonio
Tus Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
St. Louis
T. Jess
Fort Worth
Tex
Grand
Charity Hospital
White
Scranton
John Kerrigan
Erie
Jerusalem
Evangelist D. L. Moody
Ira D. Sankey
F. G. Ensign
Madison Street
United States
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Hyde Park
Edward W. Sumner
Sigbert Rogers
Rogers
Castle Garden
Londonderry
Joan Simmons
West Point
Miss
Esau Smiry
St. Joseph
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Hudson
N. Y
Colfax
Gilbert Dubois
Magee
Dubois
Durango
Vol
Personal and Political Notices From the Era
Reports include Colonel H. C. Herrman’s suicide at Horseheads after years of local leadership and a ten-year personal crisis with strychnine. A presidential party encamped on Yellowstone Lake on the 28th near mud geysers. Massachusetts Greenbackers set a Boston convention for September 17. Maine Legislature adjourned sine die on the 29th. Missouri Governor Crittenden urged action against Downing temperance law’s Sunday sales and considered an extra session. Pennsylvania Greenback Convention at Williamsport on the 30th denounced monopolies, supported tariffs, and claimed Government currency rights. Deaths noted: Hon. John Nice in Buffalo, Edward Mulvaney in New York, George F. Moore in Washington. New Jersey Republican State Convention called for September 18 in Trenton.
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H. C. Herrman
Horseheads
N. Y
Yellowstone Lake
Massachuset
Boston
Maine
Crittenden
Missouri
St Louis
Downing
Law
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Buffalo
John Nice
New York
Edward Mulvaney
Washington
George F. Moore
Texas
New Jersey
Trenton
Irish Home Rule Favored by English MPs Says Parnell
Reports from Dublin on the 29th note Parnell stating most English Commons members concede home rule is needed for Ireland. The item also covers Arctic rescue efforts, Hungarian flight from Ezerszeg, France seizing Annam, deadly cholera hits Alexandria, and heavy Newfoundland gales.
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Dublin
Irish National League
Parnell
House of Commons
Ireland
North Pole
Varna
Ezerszeg
Hungary
France
Annam
China
Java
Krakata
Sihisie Island
New Laredo
Mex
Alexandria
Liverpool
Eng
Canada
Admiral McEyer
Canton
Catharine Connolly
Bruff
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Shakespeare
Stratford-upon- Avon
Egypt
Cholera toll climbs in Egypt and other late news
Up to the 1st the cholera death toll in Egypt reached 27 318 as the outbreak shows signs of abating. M E Curts of Iowa died in Oskaloosa. Vermont trains collided injuring thirteen. A tannery fire in Sandy Creek New York caused 150 000 losses, while New Haven factories burned for 100 000.
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Egypt
M. E. Curts
Congress
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Colchester
Vermont Central Road
Loring & Avery
Sandy Creek
N. Y
New Haven
Conn
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
Springfield
Butler
Java
Frankfort
D. T
England
Treasury
Havana
Western Maryland
Baltimore
Pensacola Navy Yard
Farmingdale
S. I
Madagascar
St. Louis
Sunda
Logos
Mex
Terrible Nova Scotia Gale Claims Numerous Fishermen
Reports from Haurr Fax detail two sunken vessels off Nova Scotia after a powerful storm. The schooner Welcome from La Have sinks with all hands except one survivor, while the J. W. Russell from Mahone Bay loses eleven crew and two survive in rigging. rescue comes from the Flora Denner led by Captain Frank Wright.
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HaAurFax
Nova Scotia
Lunenburg
Benjamin Himmelman
Welcome
East Cape
Prince Edward Island
Cape
Spindle
Himmelman
la Have
Halifax
J. W. Russell
Mahone Bay
Alen Ernst
Bank Quero
Sambro
Gloucester
Flora Denner
Frank Wright
The Telegraph Company Makes Some Concessions
Boston, Sept 3 An order by Western Union Telegraph Company cuts night shift hours by thirty minutes and grants Sunday night operators extra pay at one seventh of a day per hour starting Sept 1 The day’s pay is now based on monthly working days rather than calendar days The change is seen as fair by employees with typical monthly earnings of 75 dollars increasing by about 15 dollars in most cases
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Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
Peculiar Marriage in Town Seventeen Year Gap Stuns Residents
The town is abuzz as sixteen year old Ella Johnson marries sixty four year old George Powell, a wealthy farmer. Powell’s fourth marriage leaves Ella as stepmother to five grown children and several grandchildren.
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HeMsrean
L. L
Ella Johnson
George Powell
Powell
Eight Years After Sentencing Esau Smith Hanged
Esau Smith, a colored man from Sr. Josery Louisiana, was hanged Friday inside the jail walls for the murder of Esau McCan on August 5 1875. Convicted in October of that year he escaped, was at large until June, and after reincarceration made several jail breaking attempts.
Krakatoa Eruption Devastates Java Islands Ensuing Floods
London reports from Batavia that Krakatoa eruptions crippled Java island areas. Volcanic activity, tsunamis, and lava flows destroyed towns and farmlands, with thousands dead and survivors fleeing as ash, lava, and collapsing homes engulfed villages and plantations.
Destruction by high tides washes Atlantic City beach
Aug. 30 report from Atlantic City describes widespread damage from a heavy Wednesday tide. Beachfront structures including bath-houses, restaurants, photo galleries and stores were undermined or swept away. The Camden & Atlantic Railroad line along the coast is badly washed and tracks submerged between Atlantic City and Absecon.
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London
Batavia
Java
Krakatoa
Strait of Sunda
Madura
Maha Merux
Gunung Gunter
Gunung
Anjir
Anfir
Serang
Cherribon
Anjier
Merak
Atlantic City
N. J
Tront
Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company
Absecom
West Jersey
Shrewsbury River
Poisoned wedding cake sent to Nashville man
Nat M. Smith of Nashville received a box of wedding cake with a letter signed Annie L. Sullivan dated New Albany Indiana. After eating two pieces he fell ill and was treated by doctors. Analysis showed the cake contained strychnine and Smith does not know the sender or motive.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nat M. Smith
Annie L. Sullivan
New Albany
Ind
Louisville
Sraith
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Telegraph and Mail
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Cottage City
Frank James
Gallatin
Joe Shelby
Telegraph Company
Japan
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